Garment



l.. SIEGEL GARMENT Filed Jan. 8, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheei l INVENTOR LEO slEGEL km #WM //CI/m ATTORNEYS Aug;- 17, 1937.

L, SIEGEL 2,090,076

GARMENT Filed Jan. 8, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR LEO SIEGEL EY WmAam I fmW/M ATTORNEYS Patented ug. 17, 1937 iJNiTED STATES GARMNT LeoSiegel, Detroit, Mich., assigner to American Lady Corset Company (lne),Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application January 8, 1935,Serial No. 888

Claims.

The invention relates to garments and refers more particularly tocombination garments comprising upper and lower dress elements whichtogether form a complete gure molding garment 5 for controlling theligure from the bust through the waist to the hips.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a garment in whichthe upper and lower dress elements are detachably secured together toprovide for selection of the dress elements, both for style and fit. Theinvention has for another of its objects to provide a garment in whichthe upper and lower dress elements are adapted to be y opened eithercompletely or partially at angularly spaced or non-registering Zones,and are adapted to be secured together in a manner such that they may beopened and readily applied and when applied they may be effectively heldin their desired relative positions. The invention has for another ofits objects to provide a garment in which the dress elements are securedtogether in a manner such that the upper dress element may be readilyremoved or applied.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment showing anembodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is an inside elevation of the rear portion of the garment;

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line ll-lof Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic cross section on the line 6 8 of Figure 2;

Figure'? is a view similar to Figure 4 showing 40 another embodiment ofmy invention;

Figures 8, 9, 1D and 11 are views similar to Figure 6 showing otherembodiments of my invention.

The garment, as illustrated in Figures l to 6,

4,5 inclusive, comprises the upper and lower dress elements l and 2respectively, the former being a brassire and the latter being a girdle.The

lower dress element is of the side opening type and the upper dresselement is of the back open- .fio ing type, the edges of both oi thesedress lelements being detachably secured together in any suitablemanner.

The upper dress element overlaps the lower dress element at the outerside thereof and the 55 two dress elements are detachably securedtogether at the front and rear by the tapes 3 and 4 and E and iirespectively, the rear tape t being nearer the opening of the lowerdress element than the rear tape 5. These tapes extend through openings'l in the lower dress element and ther portions of the tapes at theinner side of the lower dress element are provided with thelongitudinally spaced button holes 8 for alternatively receiving thebuttons 9 which are secured to the inner side of the lower dresselement. As shown2 Y particularly in Figure 5, the buttons t, instead ofbeing directly secured to the lower dress element, are secured to thetabs l0 and these tabs are secured to the inner side of the lower dresselement. The portions at the outer side of the lower dress element ofthe front tapes 3 and i and the rear tape ii are stitched to the loweredge portion of the upper dress element, as illustrated particularly inFigure 4.

The tape ii between the nearest opening edges i of the upper and lowerdress elements hasl its portion at the outer side of the lower dresselement detachably secured to the lower edge portion of the upper dresselement, whereby the lower dress element and also the upper dress.velement may be freely opened for applying, after which the lower dresselement may be closed, then the tape may be secured to the rear portionof the upper dress element, and nally the upper dress element may beclosed, at which time the two dress elements will be effectively held intheir desired relative positions. As illustrated particularly in Figure5, the .tape E1 is detachably secured to the upper dress element byproviding the uper end portion of the tape with the hook l i and byproviding the lower edge portion of the upper dress element with the eyeI2 for receiving the hook. By reason of the hook, the tape is preventedfrom slipping through the opening in the lower dress element throughwhich it extends, since the hook will engage the lower portion boundingthe opening.

The tapes 3, i and ii may be detachably secured to the lower edgeportion of the upper dress element in the manner illustrated in Figure 7in which the tape it representing these tapes is provided .in its upperend portion with the button hole it for receiving the button l5, whichlatter is secured to the inner side of the upper dress element l5 nearits lower edge.

In the modification illustrated in Figure 8, the upper dress element ilis of the front opening type and the lower dress element It is of theside opening type, the tape I9 between the nearest opening edges beingdetachably secured to the lower edge portion of the upper dress elementin preferably the same manner as the tape 6.

Figure 9 'illustrates another modification in which the upper dresselement 20 is of the back opening type and the lower dress element 2l isof the type adapted to be opened intermediate the front and a side.There is but one tape 22 between the nearest opening edges and this tapeis detachably secured to thelower edge portion of the upper dresselement in preferably the same manner as the tape 6.

The garment illustrated in Figure 10 has the back opening upper dresselement 23 and the front opening lower dress element 24, there being thetapes 25 and 2t between the opening edges detachably secured to thelower edge portion of the upper dress element in preferably the samemanner as the tape 6.

The girdle of the different garments above described may be openedeither completely or partially, it being known in the latter case as asemistep-in girdle. Also the girdle may be of the endless'or step-intype, in which instance one or more of the tapes for connecting thegirdle and brassire are adapted to be detachably secured to the hitter.As iuustrated in Figure 11, 21 is the step-invgirdle and 28 is thebrassire of the back opening type, the tape 29 being detachably securedto the lower edge portion of the brassire in preferably the same manneras the tape 6.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A combination garment, comprising a side opening girdle, a backopening brassire overlapping said girdle at the outer side thereof, andmeans for securing said girdle and brassire together in zones spacedaround said girdle and brassire, said securing means including anelement secured to said girdle and detachably secured to said brassirebetween the nearest opening edges of said girdle and brassire wherebysaid girdle and brassire may be freely opened for applying.

2. A combination garment, comprising a side opening girdle, a backopening brassire overlapping said girdle at the outer side thereof andtapes for securing said girdle and brassire together at the front andrear thereof, one of said tapes being located between the nearestopening edgesI of said girdle and brassire and being detachably securedto said brassire whereby said girdle and brassire may be freely openedfor applying.

3. A combination garment, comprising a side opening girdle, a backopening brassire overlapping said girdle at the outer side thereof,tapes for detachably securing said girdle and brassire together at thefront andrear thereof, said tapes extending through openings in saidgirdle and being secured to the inner side of the latter, one of saidtapesI being located between the nearest opening edges of said girdleand brassire, and cooperating means upon said brassire and the portionof said last mentioned tape at the outer` side of said girdle fordetachably securing said last mentioned tape to said brassire, wherebysaid girdle and brassire may be freely opened for applying.

4. A combination garment, comprising a side opening girdle, a backopening brassire overlapping said girdle at the outer side thereof,tapes for detachably securing said girdle and brassire together at thefront and rear thereof, said tapes extending through openings in saidgirdle and being secured to the inner side of the latter, .one of saidtapes being located between the nearest opening edges of said girdle andbrassire, a hook upon the portion of said last mentioned tape at theouter side of said girdle, and an eye upon said brassire for engagementby said hook whereby said girdle and brassire may be freely opened forapplying.

5. A combination garment, comprising a girdle adapted to open at apredetermined point, a brassire overlapping said girdle at the outerside thereof and adapted to open at a point spaced in a direction aroundthe garment from the point aforesaid, and tapes for detachably securingsaid girdle and brassire together, said tapes extend-g ing throughopenings in said girdle and being secured to said girdle at the innerside thereof and to said brassire at the outer side of said girdle, oneof the tapes positioned between the nearest opening edges of the girdleand brassire and said tape being detachably secured to said brassire.

LEO SIEGEL.

